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"Find me cards equivalent to: Delay"

Equivalent cards to Delay (blue instants that counter a spell and exile or delay its resolution) are:
1. Remand – Instant, U: Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it into its owner's hand instead of graveyard.

Reason: Counters and delays the spell, similar tempo effect.
2. Mana Drain – Instant, UU: Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of colorless mana equal to that spell's mana cost.

Reason: Hard counter with additional benefit.
3. Memory Lapse – Instant, 1U: Counter target spell. Put that spell on top of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard.

Reason: Counters and causes a delay in the spell's return.
4. Deprive – Instant, UU: Counter target spell. Return a land you control to its owner’s hand.

Reason: Similar cmc, hard counter, tempo impact.

Cards like Delay primarily focus on countering and exiling/delaying spells, but few exactly mimic its suspend mechanic. Closest options are Remand and Memory Lapse for delay effect and Deprive/Mana Drain for 2-mana plays.

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Delay

Deprive

Mana Drain

Memory Lapse

Remand

Delay #1788 Instant

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  • If the target spell is face down, it'll be exiled face up. It can't be cast face down when casting it without paying its mana cost.
  • If the target spell was cast with flashback, Delay's effect will exile it, not the flashback effect. The card will get time counters and gain suspend (if it didn't already have suspend).
  • When the last time counter is removed from the exiled card, it's cast as a completely new spell. Modes and targets are chosen again. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, they must be paid again. If they can't be, the spell can't be cast and stays exiled.
  • Cards exiled with suspend are exiled face up.
  • Due to a recent rules change to suspend, you are no longer required to cast the suspended card as the second triggered ability of suspend resolves. Instead, as the second triggered ability resolves, you may cast the card. Timing permissions based on the card's type are ignored. If you don't cast the card, it remains exiled with no time counters on it, and it's no longer suspended.
  • Exiling a card with suspend isn't casting that card. This action doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
  • If an effect refers to a "suspended card," that means a card that (1) has suspend, (2) is in exile, and (3) has one or more time counters on it.
  • If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
  • If the first triggered ability of suspend (the one that removes time counters) is countered, no time counter is removed. The ability will trigger again at the beginning of the card's owner's next upkeep.
  • If the second triggered ability is countered, the card can't be cast. It remains exiled with no time counters on it, and it's no longer suspended.
  • If the spell requires any targets, those targets are chosen when the spell is finally cast, not when it's exiled.
  • If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," such as with suspend, you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those if you want to cast the card.
  • Suspend is a keyword that represents three abilities. The first is a static ability that allows you to exile the card from your hand with the specified number of time counters (the number before the dash) on it by paying its suspend cost (listed after the dash). The second is a triggered ability that removes a time counter from the suspended card at the beginning of each of your upkeeps. The third is a triggered ability that gives you the option to cast the card when the last time counter is removed.
  • The mana value of a spell cast without paying its mana cost is determined by its mana cost, even though that cost wasn't paid.
  • When the last time counter is removed, the second triggered ability of suspend (the one that lets you cast the card) triggers. It doesn't matter why the last time counter was removed or what effect removed it.
  • You can exile a card in your hand using suspend any time you could cast that card. Consider its card type, any effects that modify when you could cast it (such as flash) and any other effects that stop you from casting it (such as from Meddling Mage's ability) to determine if and when you can do this. Whether you could actually complete all steps in casting the card is irrelevant. For example, you can exile a card with suspend that has no mana cost or that requires a target even if no legal targets are available at that time.

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Counter target spell. If the spell is countered this way, exile it with three time counters on it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. (At the beginning of its owner's upkeep, they remove a timecounter When the last is removed, they may play it without paying its mana cost. If it's a creature, it has haste.)

    Deprive #59 Instant

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    As an additional cost to cast this spell, return a land you control to its owner's hand. Counter target spell.

    Mana Drain #11 aka. Drain Instant

    Variations: v1 v2
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  • If the target spell is an illegal target by the time Mana Drain tries to resolve, Mana Drain doesn't resolve. You don't add mana at the beginning of your next main phase. If the target is legal but not countered (most likely because an effect says that the spell can't be countered), you do add mana.
  • Mana Drain's delayed triggered ability will usually trigger at the beginning of your precombat main phase. However, if you cast Mana Drain during your precombat main phase or during your combat phase, its delayed triggered ability will trigger at the beginning of that turn's postcombat main phase.

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of equal to that spell's mana value.

    Memory Lapse #2142 Instant

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  • Memory Lapse has a self-replacement effect that replaces the spell going to the graveyard before any other effect can replace that event. If the spell was cast using flashback, however, flashback will change the spell's destination from its owner's library to exile.

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

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    Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on top of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard.

    Remand #63 Instant

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  • If you target a card that was cast with flashback with Remand, the card will still be exiled.
  • Remand can target a spell that can't be countered. That spell won't be countered or returned to its owner's hand, but you'll draw a card.

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it into its owner's hand instead of into that player's graveyard. Draw a card.